TI-2005-01149 Aliases CVE-2005-1213 GHSA-gmjp-mwh5-92g3

Stack-based buffer overflow in the news reader for Microsoft Outlook Express (MSOE.DLL)…

HIGH 71Published 2005-06-14 · Updated 2024-08-07

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in the news reader for Microsoft Outlook Express (MSOE.DLL) 5.5 SP2, 6, and 6 SP1 allows remote malicious NNTP servers to execute arbitrary code via a LIST response with a long second field.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.73961 99th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook_express:5.5:sp2::::::	5.5 sp2	Vulnerable	Microsoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook_express:6.0:::::::*	6.0	Vulnerable	Microsoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook_express:6.0:sp1::::::	6.0 sp1	Vulnerable	Microsoft

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook_express:5.5:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.5 sp2 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook_express:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook_express:6.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0 sp1 Vulnerable ·Microsoft

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2005-1213
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gmjp-mwh5-92g3

References

Patch 1

20050614 Microsoft Outlook Express NNTP Response Parsing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Advisory 2

Other 3

TI-2004-00347 The MHTML protocol handler in Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 SP2 through Outlook Express 6… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
TI-2007-03777 Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Outlook Express 6 and earlier, and Windows Mail… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
TI-2010-00777 Integer overflow in inetcomm.dll in Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 SP2, 6, and 6 SP1… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
TI-2010-03008 Untrusted search path vulnerability in wab.exe 6.00.2900.5512 in Windows Address Book in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
TI-2007-03910 Argument injection vulnerability involving Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express, when… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2001-01278 Internet Explorer 5.0 and 5.5, and Outlook Express 5.0 and 5.5, allow remote attackers to… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5

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Sources

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